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Matt

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My wife and I have been married for five years. We have three daughters; Eliana (2), Abigia (3) and Eldana (6). Eliana was born in Guatemala, Abigia and Eldana where born in Ethiopia. We would like to thank everyone for their love and support as we continue the journey of building our family.
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Going to Ethiopia

In less than two weeks Jenny, Eliana, our friend Katie(thanks for undertaking this massive journey with us) and I leave for Ethiopia. On April 5th we will return home a family of five including our tw...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:41:00 GMT

Eliana is going to be a little sister

Hello friends!If you haven't heard - we were matched up with 2 new daughters this week!The younger girl is 2, 9 months older than Eliana. Her name is Abigia. The older girl, Eldana, is 6-7.They are t...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:15:00 GMT

Fundraising

Hello all!We have launched our next fund-raiser.Some women that Matt works with have organized a Longaberger lottery.They have gathered 26 Longaberger baskets (most donated, a few purchased at a disco...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:34:00 GMT

Here we go again.

Jenny and I have officially started our next adoption process. We thought it would be nice if Eliana had a brother or a sister or both. As crazy as it sounds we have started the process of adopting tw...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:52:00 GMT

...more on jenny and I

a little background:Jenny and I met through a mutual friend, Bonnie. The three of us would occasionally hang out together at Eaten Park/Denny's, that kind of thing. When Bonnie decided to move to Japa...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:30:00 GMT

4 year wedding anniversary

Jenny and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary tonight. We had a wonderful time. It was the longest period that both of us had been away from the baby. Jenny's mom babysat for us. We all surviv...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:27:00 GMT

Happy St Patrick's Day

Here are a few pictures from our 2005 Ireland trip. All photos taken by Matt and Jenny Smith, Beth and Ron Hollingshead, Tom and Mary Ann Yoho, Margaret Daugherty and Pat Daugherty. May y...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:56:00 GMT

Eliana is home!

I apologize for not writing sooner. I have been a little pre-occupied. On January 31st we brought our daughter home. I can't begin to tell you what that means to us. Our journey started in February 20...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:25:00 GMT

Eliana is coming home soon.

The baby is coming home!! In just 2 to 4 weeks. The adoption is complete! So much to do!!
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:25:00 GMT

Going to Guatemala

Hey Folks!! Jenny and I are going to Guatemala on Thursday to visit our daughter. For those of you who don't know we are adopting a baby girl. Her name will be Eliana Grace and she is almost three mo...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:46:00 GMT